11.14.2014

Thursday

Out for a tasty breakfast with my sister, her daughter Maritza and our nephew Stu. We are celebrating Gay's miraculous recovery. Just seven day ago she was laying on an operating table with Dr. Stiner, neurosurgeon extraordinaire, carving out a lemon size tumor out of her brain.

11.07.2014

Dr. Stiner is all smiles. The lemon size tumor discovered in August is out, without any complications. Smiles all around as we jettison our tension and anxiety.

Gay's daughter Maritza elated over the successful surgery.

Recovery is going well. The tumor was pressing against the speech center in the left temporal lobe. One concern was that speech might be affect. Being verbal within hours has put that fear to rest. Gay continues to be very verbal and engaging with everyone.

11.05.2014

Tomorrow is the big day. My sister will have surgery to
remove a benign brain tumor. The surgeon has done hundreds of these
extractions, but even with his reassurance of a positive outcome, our anxiety
grows each day.

Welcome

I am retired from an eclectic career, construction worker, science teacher and corporate photographer living full time in my 2002 Trek named Serenity. She is named after the space ship in the Firefly TV series.
I am boondocking my way down the back roads of North America enjoying the good life and sampling the local cuisine. My wanderlust comes from my mother’s love of travel and moving often when I was younger. My Dad built dams and we moved every few years. I have lived in CA, WA, OR, WV, & AZ. Construction is in my blood and today I enjoy participating in Habitat for Humanity builds. I also like to travel, fishing, hiking, geocaching, kayaking, cooking, museums and movies. I read Mysteries/adventure books and listen to smooth jazz & 60’s rock and roll